Lots of people in Toronto play hockey. Maybe one of them will end up as the Maple Leafs' second-line center.

The team announced on Monday that Dave Bolland is out indefinitely after surgery to repair a severed tendon on the outside of his ankle. A medical degree isn't necessary to project that he'll be out for a while. Also still out: Tyler Bozak, who's dealing with a hamstring injury and will miss at least the next six games.

James van Riemsdyk, right, and Tyler Bozak (AP Photo)

Toronto's only healthy centers, for the moment, are Nazem Kadri, Jay McLement and Trevor Smith. That is not going to work.

He's led Leafs centremen in possession so far this season (and only David Clarkson and Carter Ashton are ahead of him, and neither have played close to the minutes Bolland has). He's taken 22% of his faceoffs in the offensive zone and 37% in the defensive, and faces above average forward competition. His only weakness so far this season is that he'd taken nine penalties and drawn just one, but he was everything he was advertised as, otherwise.

McLement is a terrific third-liner, and Smith is good enough on the fourth, but neither is close to ideal as a second-line center. Finding one on waivers is unlikely. Trading for one would be costly. For the time being, the best option might be seeing how winger James van Riemsdyk, drafted as a center and currently doing a great job with Kadri and Kessel, fares in that role—plus, he'd have time to practice at the position.

Toronto's next game is Nov. 8. If and when Bozak returns, the Leafs will have more options—though the longer that takes, the more complicated things would get. Maybe that's when they start scouting Southern Ontario beer leagues.